Forecast: China’s 2019 wood imports to stabilize despite a slowing economy and high 2019 domestic stocks
China’s 2019 imports of wood products are projected to stabilize despite a slowing economy and high 2019 domestic stocks [...]
September 16, 2019
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Japanese forestry giants expand in New Zealand as Asian wood demand grows
The growing need in emerging markets for building materials and fuel has spurred Japanese trading houses to expand their forestry [...]
September 16, 2019
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Tolko to curtail BC lumber mill indefinitely; citing high log costs and poor market conditions
Tolko Industries announced that, due to continued high log costs and poor North American market conditions, it will curtail its [...]
September 16, 2019
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Global plywood industry hit by US-China trade war and slowdown of Chinese economy
The global plywood industry is currently affected by the US-China trade war and the slowdown of China's economy [...]
September 11, 2019
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Russian top forestry group executive: Ban on timber exports to China useless
Mikhail Shamorin, president of the Segezha Group, one of Russia's largest forestry industrial enterprises, said that the complete ban [...]
September 11, 2019
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UPM completes plywood expansion in Russia
The expansion of UPM Chudovo plywood mill, started in the autumn of 2017, was inaugurated. The expansion has increased the [...]
September 11, 2019
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US softwood price movements remain flat
The first full back-to-work / school week for September 2019 did not bode well for [...]
September 11, 2019
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International Hardwood Conference 2019 takes place in Berlin
Hardwoods become more and more important especially in [...]
September 11, 2019
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Drop in U.S. lumber production; Canadian output hit hard
U.S. sawmills in the first six months of 2019 produced 17.602 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber [...]
September 10, 2019
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West Fraser to reduce lumber production capacity in B.C. up to 25%
West Fraser announced it will introduce variable operating schedules at five of its British Columbia sawmills that will result in [...]
September 10, 2019
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